FOREST AND STREAM. 
INDEX—VOLUME 3. 
A 
Adams Express. Horses. Haw they are kept .. 9 
Adirondack^. 
Adirondack Forest. Waste of—Markham. 21 
Adirondack Park. Forest Preservation and — 88 
Adirondack. Region. Destruction of. J. H. 
McC. 199 
Adirondack Tooth Carpenter. H. E. C., letter.. 132 
Blub Mountain Lake—Boyd.323 
C. A. Green on. 275 
Dickens All the Year Round of 1860 on. 57 
Spring notes. P. H. A. 242 
Without a Guide. Boston Correspondent. 394 
Adler, Felix, Shad. Derivation of the word. 377 
Advertisers. Forest and Stream as a medium 
for. 72 
Albinoes. Are they barren?. 138 
Alligators. Foraging for. A Mexican war experi¬ 
ence. C. L. W. 67 
American Fish Culturists’ Association Proceedings. 
Salmon breeding at Bucksport. 20 
American Museum of Natural History. Annual 
Members. Proposed to elect. 188 
Amherst Art Gallery—Mather. 41 
Ammonia. Uses of.. 261 
Androscoggin Sporting Club circular proposing a 
State Tournament. 395 
Angling Lore and Literature. Ancient—Wilkinson 18 
A Macte Virtute on. 58 
Angling. Science of. 138 
Angora Goats in Guadalupe. . . 338 
Answers to Correspondents. “By Ollipod Quill.” 
Cabbage worm. Howto kill. 373 
Curculio on the Plum. 389 
Elm Flea.405 
Fig Tree. Where it will grow. 405 
Gooseberry Caterpillar, Howto exterminate.... 405 
Moss. How to eradicate. 405 
Potato bug. How to destroy. 405 
Scaie insects.—. 373 
Worms in plant pots. 373 
Answers to Correspondents. 
Adirondacks to. Best route from Washington. 
D.C........343 
Board for a Boy. Cost. 311 
Blue Mountain Lake.391 
Can a boat be hired in without a guide?. 279 
Fishing. Best points for. 375 
Maps. The best. 295 
Region. Best for fly-fishing in.215 
Alligators. How to transport. 183 
Andaman Islands, Latitude and Longitude of... 71 
Aquarium. Green deposits on sides of. How 
to prevent. 103 
Atlantic City. Expense per day of shooting in. 23 
Barnegatfor bluefish. Whereto stop.231 
Bass, black and pickerel. Where to find. 120 
Bass, black of Kalamazoo and the fly. 215 
Bass, black for stocking ponds. Where to get.. 7 
Bass, black. Where to procure for stocking a 
flsh pond.. 71 
Bay of Fundy. Where to lodge. 375 
Bird lime. How to make.135, 167 
Birds for scientific purposes. Right to shoot in 
the close season. 135 
Birds. How to stuff. A concise w ork showing 103 
Birds. Skins of. How to preserve. 151 
Black flies. Preventive. 311 
Boat or canoe transportation. Cost of. 120 
Boating. Single scull race for a man weighing 
160 lbs. Dimensions for.T. 199 
Boots. How to make them waterproof .. 167 
Boys. Where to camp out. 295 
Brass shells. Howto cleanse. 407 
California, quail and pinnated grouse in. ... ’ 87 
Camp stove. Where to buy. 247 
Canoes, bass wood. Builders of in Ontario. 263 
Caribou hide. Use of. 55 
How to dress. 135 
Caribou shoe packs. Where to procure... . 120 
Collingwood to Sault St. Marie. Table of dis¬ 
tances. 279 
Colorado. A two months’ trip. Cost of, with 
other questions and answers. 231 
Coney Island Creek. The kind of fish in_... 231 
Cook. Description. 215 
Crawfish. How to preserve.. 167 
Cricket. Has the bowler the right to order the 
batter at his end?. 247 
Rules of. 199 
Cumberland township, Sullivan county. Hunt¬ 
ing and fishing. 375 
Decarbonized steel barrel. . . .183 
Beer counties in Pennsylvania. 311 
Deer. Reflectors for firing or “jacking.”. 311 
Delaware River. Where to go and fish in. 215 
Derringer pistol. History of.. 135 
Dogs. 
“Belle.” What she could not be purchased for 103 
Dandle Dmmont. Description. 39 
Fox hound pups. How to procure. 23 
Greyhounds and foxes. 375 
Laverack and Gordon setters.’ Color and points 39 
Laverack setters. Price of. ... .120 
Puppies. Price of. IQ3" 135 
Macdona’s prices for setter pups. ’ 215 
Newfoundland, drooling of. How to 'cure'." ’ 199 
Pointer. “Head on one side. ” 151 
Puppies. How to feed. 103 
Rabid Dogs. The best..'.'.i””;. 55 
Setter with a “bad nose.”. 433 
Setter, American. Where to procure.’ 231 
Setter and pointer. Cross between, no good.. 263 
Setter troubled with fleas.*_” 55 
Setter pup. Distemper in... ' 23 
How to break. 359 
How to correct bad habits.*! “ ” 215 
Setters, Spanish in America. 3g 
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Springers and cockers. Cost to import - . 39 
Terrier. How to purify blood of. 151 
Water Retriever. Cost to import. 39 
Worms in. Remedy for. 199 
Duck shooting; Charge for.. 103 
Duck shooting in the marshes of the Calumet 
River, Illinois.. 103 
Ducks and fish spawn. 375 
Dusky Duck. Varieties of. 151 
Elk. Do they shed their horns as fast as deer?. 55 
Eels, fresh water. How to catch with a hook... 327 
“Ephemera.”. 311 
Ferrets. Whereto procure .39, 135 
Fish Commissioners of New York. How to ob¬ 
tain a report of. 103 
Fish culture by clubs. Best kinds of fish to raise. 183 
Where practiced in Europe. 135 
Fish Hawk. 151 
Fish lines, linen. How to make waterproof— 183 
Fish tackle for small lakes. 183 
Fishing near New York. Where to find.215 295 
Fishing on Sunday. The law regarding.343, 391 
Fishing rods. Oiling. 71 
Wood to make, where to get. 87 
Split bamboo. Where to find.343 
Fishing trip from Boston to Western Schoodies. 
Two weeks cost of. 39 
Fleas in the woods. How to keep away. 279 
Fleas on dogs. How to kill.. 375 
Flies, artificial. Pin no faith on special varieties 263 
Fly and insect preventive. 327 
Fly book. Best form for.407 
Florida, West and Middle. How to reach. 407 
Fowler’s Hard Rubber Reel. Price. 279 
Game. Has a man the right to do as he pleases 
on his own property?. 39 
Game pursued by A and shot by B. Who it be¬ 
longs to. 359 
Glass eye for a dog. 151 
Goldfish breeding. Ponds for.151, 215 
Goldfish, or golden carp. Colors of. 39 
Grayling. Are there any in Pennsylvania?. 87 
Grouse, ruffed. Season for, correction. 103 
Guns. 
Breechloaders. Best... 151 
Best powder for. 375 
Firing ball from.,. 167 
Lefaucheux Dattern. 7 
Ten bore, 10 lbs. Best load for... 199 
Double barrelled muzzle loader, 30-inch barrel, 
12 gauge, fine laminated steel barrels. "Load 
for. 199 
Lefaucheux vs. Hollins & Son. 87 
Oil to use after cleaning. 263 
Smith & Wesson. Address of. . 87 
The gun for shooting quail, grouse, woodcock 151 
What bore is best to shoot ball cartridges with 7 
Gunpowder. The best for use.;. 55 
Hackensack River. New law. What sort of 
fish it applies to.. 279 
Hemlocks. When to move. 55 
Hides, raw. How to cure. “Monmouth” recipe 167 
Hooks tied on gut. Varnish for. 407 
Horses. Blinders for. 231 
Hunting and fishing within 50 miles of N. York. 215 
Hunting near Toronto. Where to do it. 247 
Icthyology. Woiks on . 151 
Idaho strange fish.. 311 
India rubber decoy ducks. Where to procure.. 71 
Iowa prairie chicken, deer and antelopes. Where 
to find. 167 
Ivy poisoning. Remedy for.263, 295, 327 
Jersey flats. Duck shooting on. 23 
Knapsack for the woods.. 375 
Lake Umbagog. Where to find trout fishing_ 375 
Loudoun county, Va. Fishing and shooting... 343 
Mackerel, horse: bluefish, salt water taylor and 
snapping mackerel. Difference. 391 
Maine. Trout fishing season. 391 
Massachusetts. Wattupa Lake. Catching fish 
out of season. 167 
Military matches. Period. 3i3 
Mink raising. 87 
Minnesota. Is there game in for shot gun and 
rifle?. 247 
Moccasin. Advantages over a boot or shoe_375 
Mocking bird food. 407 
Moosebead Lake for fishing in July. 55 
Mosquitoes and black flies. How to keep them 
away from fishermen. 359 
Mount Desert Island. Where to find descrip¬ 
tion of. 231 
“Musket powdSr.”. 120 
Nebraska. Hunting facilities in. 39 
NepigonBay. Expense of a trip to. 311 
Nepigon River trouting party. How to make ar¬ 
rangements for. 263 
Trout fishing season in. 359 
Rod and tackle for fishing in. 295 
Ocean passage. Quickest by a steamer. 135 
Parrot How old it can grow.. 7 
Partridge shooting. Proportions of powder and 
shot. 55 
Pennsylvania. Best places in for fishing and 
shooting. 87 
Trout fishing in. Where to go. 87 
Perch fishing. How to fasten the minnow on 
the hook.-231 
Pigeon shooting. Load for a 10-bore, 10-lb. 
breech loader!.167 
Pine Brook. Where it is. 55 
Pistol for target practice. Best. 295 
Portland to Rangely. Fare. 311 
Poultry Association. How to form. 135 
Rangely region for fishing. 167 
Rawhide lasso. Where to buy. 295 
Reel for surf fishing. 87 
Remington Creedmoor match rifle. Price of... 167 
Rifle cleaning. Wimbledon rules and. 120 
Rifle. International match. No rules as to 
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loading. 135 
Ruffi shooting. Lord Russell’s hand-book. 231 
Robins. 295 
Salmon in Lake Champlain. 247 
Salmon, land-locked. Is it identical with the 
true salmon?. 183 
Sault St. Marie to Nepigon River. Oosf of trip. 263 
Schultze gunpowder. 375 
Shad. Can be caught with fly at any season— 327 
Shad fishing. Flies best for. 215 
Sheeting, Waterproof. How to make. 391 
Shooting, target. How many shot in a target 
for first-class shooting. 215 
Shrimp. How to keep alive. 311 
Sneak-boat and sink-box and float. Dimen¬ 
sions of. 7 
Snipe, bay. Best whistle for calling. 199 
Snipe in New York. When to shoot. 120 
Snipe shooting within a few hours of N. York.. 407 
Shrimp a bait for black bass... 247 
Sporting papers, leading. Prices of. .. 327 
Sportsman, young. What kind of a dog to use. 87 
Sullivan county, N. Y. for game. 167 
Tandem, string, spike and four-in-hand teams.. 231 
Targets used at Creedmoor. Size of.87, 120 
Taunton River shad fishing in March, April and 
May. 167 
Taxidermist who gives lessons—Batty. 55 
Tennessee. Can trout or bass in be taken with 
a fly?. 215 
Thousand Islands. Best route to. 279 
Thousand Islands district. Fly-fishing in, kind 
of flies to use. 391 
Tontari Lakes. Best route to. 199 
Trout cultivation in Long Island ponds. 167 
Trout fishing, Bedford, Pa. 343 
Trout fishing season. When it closes. 407 
Trout fishing within a reasonable distance of 
Little Falls. 103 
Trout fry. How to carry. 295 
Would they go in search of food?. 343 
Trout. Can I catch on my own premises?.. 135, 215 
Trout ponds on Long Island. Whole number 
of. 391 
Trout, small. Where to buy. 359 
Trout streams on Long Island. Where are they? 231 
Near New York.. 71 
Trout, traveling with. Temperature of the wa¬ 
ter. Correction by F. M. Webber. 340 
Twin Lakes. Hotel accommodations. Where?. 231 
Upland plover shot in June. 279 
Venison dealers in New York. 375 
Price of. 167 
A irginia, Southern deer and bears in. 295 
Walking tour in New York State. How to dress 
for. 247 
Walton. Original copies. 295 
West Point. Is there good trout fishing in vi¬ 
cinity,of?.; 215 
Whitehall boat. What it is. 359 
Windfalls. How to disperse. 375 
Woodcock, Boston. Shooting within 50 miles of 359 
Massachusetts. Season in. 311 
Pennsylvania close season. 263 
Where to find. 279 
Worms on the lawn. How to destroy. 215 
Yacht. Law regarding outfit. 311 
Yachting. Ariel-Storm King scrub race. De¬ 
cision. 120 
Youngwomanstown, Pa. Expense of a month’s 
fishing at. 279 
Antelope. Game Laws and. 107 
Antlers, Large. 57 
Aquarium car. The. 292 
Aquatic Monthly, notice. 237 
Aquatic, or sub-tropical decorations. O. Q.. 245 
Archery. Rules for.152, 248, 262 
A retie Exploration. Polaris survivors. Peti¬ 
tion to Congress in favor of. 137 
Arctic lands. Quadrupeds of—Archer—Elk. 149 
Reindeer. 51 
Army and Navy. What they are doing in arms 
and material. 296 
Army. Third Regiment removed from Missouri.. 344 
Art. 
Brackett, Walter M. Salmon pictures... 137 
Due de Montpensier’s pictures and Boston Fine 
Art Museum. 83 
Pease, E. Sherman. Fish and Game. 78 
Schreyer’s Horse Yard. 105 
Trumbull, Gordon. Fish pictures of. 105 
Athletics. 
Athletic Club of New York. Annual meeting.. 93 
Athletic Y. M. C. A. of New York. Gymna¬ 
sium entertainment. .. 157 
Athletics a la mode . 264 
Athletics at Cornell University. 316 
Atkins, Chas. G. Salmon breeding at Bucksport. 20 
Audubon Shooting Club of Angola, Ind. Officers 59 
Auk, great, of Newfoundland. 244 
B 
Babtiste, Jean. Lakes of the Lanrentian Hills_ 12 
Baie des Clialeurs. A cruise after salmon—W. E. 
„ F. 291 
Baird, Spencer F., U. S. Fish Commissioner. 
California salmon letter. 229 
Centennial. To represent Smithsonian Ins. 11 
Fishways. Letter on. 340 
Hybrid Ducks. 5 
New York Fishmonger’s Association. Visit to. 329 
Panther feast—Batty and. 57 
Pisciculture and the Fisheries, Paper read be¬ 
fore Fishculturists’ Association,. 52 
Shad... . 155 
Tarpum. The... 389 
Ballou, N. E. Fish culture in Illinois. 228 
Baobab. The. 245 
Pag® 
Bamegat. Fishing at on the 4th of July. 362 
Barnum, P. T. Cincinnati hog slaughtering 
joke. 13 
Base Ball. 
Base ball in England. Land and Water on . 93 
America vs. England. Harry Wright’s letter.. 62 
American Clubs in Europe.. 403 
Americans vs. Girard... 355 
April record.. . ..199 
Athletic vs. Philadelphia. 166 
Athletic vs. Yale. 316 
Athletic vs. Young America. 243 
Atlantic and Boston clubs’ European trip. Spal¬ 
ding letter on....... 62 
Atlantic vs. Baltimore. 216 
Boiled Eggs Club. 157 
Boston and Athletic clubs. Intended visit to 
England. Programme. 78 
Chicago champion club. Salaries paid by. 35 
“Dead Ball.” I11 search of an elastic for. 318 
Discredit brought upon the game. Chad 
wick on.. 99 
Fly-Away Club. Election. 78 
Fly-aways, Amateur, vs. Atlantic. 214 
Games to April 14. 157 
Hartford vs. Trinity College. 157 
Knickerbocker Club. Officers elected. 78 
May record. 199 
Mutual vs. Atlantic. 339 
Nameless, amateurs, of Brooklyn, vs. Rutger’s 
College. 214 
National Association. Officers elected. 78 
New Jersey Athletic Club. Election of officers 186 
Princeton College. Letter on games played_ 263 
Princetons vs. Hartford.. - . 295 
Professional games played.. 167 
Prospect Park club match. 262 
Red Stockings vs. Philadelphia nine. 237 
White Stockings vs. Athletics.. 237 
Zephyrs vs. Princetons. 167 
Bass, Black. 
Do they take the fly?—“Esprit Fort. ”.363 
Exterminating themselves—A. M. Valentine on 341 
Fishing in the Potomac. 285 
At New Smyrna, Florida—Geo. J. Allen...... 378 
At West Port—W. C. Harris. 378 
In Florida—S. C. Clarke. 371 
In Lake Erie—Sutton.. 294 
In Lake Wawayanda—“Homo”. 492 
In the Niagara—Griffith. 80 
Fly-fishing for black bass.. 378 
Hill.163 
Stocking ponds with—Collins.120 
The species of. Editorial. 4% 
Will they bite at shrimp? Littell on.268 
Battue. English correspondent. .. 234 
Batty, Jos. H., 
Bismarck, D. T. Letter from. 360 
Grand Manan. 179 
Gull, black hacked. Pugnacity of. 70 
Rhinoceros feast. 86 
Sierras. All summer in. 338 
Yellow bird. Eggs and nest of. 149 
Bear, Polar. After one with a whale boat. 259 
Beaucamp, R. New Brunswick. Fishing in.294 
Beaver River country— N.Y... 370 
Beaver trapping, F. S. B. 198 
Belt, Thomas. Naturalistic acumen. Editorial.. 24 
Bender, Captain Chas. Strange fish. Reply to 
“Idaho.”... 341 
Benner, Franklin , on our petrels. 133 
Bennett, James Gordon. Rifle shooting. Prize 
of. 89 
Bennett. Thomas. Fishing iii the Navarro. 29 
Bergh, Henry. Pigeon shooting and. 121 
Letter. 202 
Betting and betting houses in England. 185 
Betting at Conventions. Monroe County Sports¬ 
man’s Club and. 328 
Beverly, Fred. 
Florida as a Sportsman’s Resort.386 
Head winds and storms. Beset by. 8 
Hammocks of Florida. 260 
Forest and Stream Okeechobee Expedi¬ 
tion.49. 105, 145, 168, 193 
RaraAvis of “Pioneer.”. 405 
Bianconi’s Horses. 26 
Billiards, 
Boston. Bumstead Hall Tournament... 93 
Daly-Dion Game at Tammany Hall. 57 
Dion, Cynlle. Challenge to Maurice Daly. 157 
Garnier-Daly match for Championship Cue. 135 
Garnier-Ubassy match. 99 
Price-Fulgrove game.. 163 
Spingler House. Rooms sold to Mr. Dudley 
Kavanagh. 30 
Birds. 
Bird Charming.. 123 
Birds. Albinoism—S. F W. —.. 54 
“Ornis,” Davis and Sears on. 22 
Birds. Food for. Certain kinds of—F. 8. B... 341 
Birds helping each other. Swallow case.. 133 
Bird marking. Remarkable power of—“Mon¬ 
mouth.”.». 60 
“Piseco.” on. go 
Birds. Migration. M. Smith....245 
Birds of Lake Okeechobee—Ober. 162 
Birds, plumage of. Variety produced by do¬ 
mestication—Norris . 54 
Making nests under Avater—“Pioneer.”.373 
Blackford, Eugene G. A Host of Fishes. 34 
Blackeslee, M. A. Shad in Alleghany River...... 228 
Bloomiugrove Park Association. Officers.... .90, 105 
Bluefishing at Barnegat. “A1 Fresco.” 77,227,295, 
311,. 386 
“A Brick on”.. te)r1 r , ..37® 
Blue Grouse—“Veteran.”... 230 
Bluff City Shooting Club of Memphis, Tenn ..... 75 
Boar, wild, in Kentucky...139 
Boats. 
Barnegat Duck Boat. R. B. White’s descrip- 
